Hey, where’d everybody go?

The book is called “The World Without Us“ and it posits what would happen if humans suddenly vanished from the planet (raptured away, a la “Left Behind,” for example, kidnapped by aliens or wiped out by a human-specific virus.)

For example, two days after the last spaceship left (we can wish), New York’s subways would be flooded as the pumps that normally keep them dry failed.

Here’s a video showing how your house would be overrun by critters as the infrastructure slowly crumbled.